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Meanings of supportable in English

Capable of being borne though unpleasant.

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Examples for "bearable"
1
The certainty would have been bearable; I had courage to face ruin.
The Helmet of Navarre
2
Woodward dared to take another drink; the pain was severe, but bearable.
Speaks the Nightbird
3
They don't seem so dreadful then; they seem more bearable and ordinary.
Five on a treasure island
4
But we gained a gravelly tone that made friends' poetry recitations bearable.
The Guardian
5
This means settling upon a narrative that makes what has happened bearable.
The Guardian
1
But it keeps no endurable brands of English or American smoking tobacco.
Who is mark twain?
2
Somewhat astonishingly, it made enough money to launch this equally endurable follow-up.
The Irish Times
3
The smell of this horse blanket was less endurable than the cold.
The Call of the Canyon
4
It's not trendy glamour, it's endurable luxury, the first retail banker said.
Reuters
5
This expression I desire to repeat here for perpetuation in endurable form.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
1
Finding the air sufferable, he came forth on to the steps.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
2
During the time, the suffering is at least sufferable.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
3
It is a peep, a part revelation, just sufferable, of the Olympian god-Joveplaying carpet-knight.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
4
Lady Ann was offended, and seriously: was alliance with such a woman permissible or sufferable?
There & Back
5
Even Bully Pigeon was sufferable (as Paddy observed), if he was not altogether agreeable.
The Three Midshipmen
Usage of supportable in English
1
Even the imperious Mr. Delvile was more supportable here than in London.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
2
The only thing which makes it supportable for a while is curiosity.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
3
Control has been spectacularly sustained, but does that make it admirable or supportable?
The Irish Times
4
There are no ills which are not more supportable after food.
The Parisians — Volume 12
5
Why, then, should my absence now be less supportable to you than heretofore?
The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-...
6
The approaches of death how supportable to her; and why.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
7
The more he needed reproof the less supportable it became.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
8
The descent only occupied two or three minutes, and yet the shock was supportable.
Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A His...
9
If this is the truer life, it seems hardly supportable.
Ceres' Runaway, and Other Essays
10
Indeed, we have wanted such an entertainment to enliven and make the fatigue supportable.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
11
As long as the dome overawes, that facade is supportable.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
12
The tyranny of an individual is far more supportable than the tyranny of a caste.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
13
Skype is probably more supportable as a strategic partner.
Reuters
14
The continual hope of departure rendered all privations supportable.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 / A Magazi...
15
The heat still remained at quite a supportable degree.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
16
That way you will see, in time, if my 'headstrong' nature really is supportable to you.
Caleb's crossing
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